Re:No More “Insight Porn”
by SkyPuncher on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:39PM
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> This is why self-help book readers tend to keep reading self-help books. 4 weeks after finishing one they need another hit of epiphanies.
I read a lot of business books that could be categorized as "self-help". I tend to continuously read them because
1. I'm aware how difficult behavior change
2. It's valuable to have more than 1 perspective.
3. Few things have had an outsized impact on my career. I do not know what those are until weeks/months/years after reading a book.
For me, I'm not looking to read a single book to emulate it fully. I'm looking to read 4 or 5 books, shape my overall perspective, then have 2 to 4 things stick very, very deeply. Lastly, I can always come back to a specific book when I loosely remember it being applicable.
I read a lot of business books that could be categorized as "self-help". I tend to continuously read them because
1. I'm aware how difficult behavior change
2. It's valuable to have more than 1 perspective.
3. Few things have had an outsized impact on my career. I do not know what those are until weeks/months/years after reading a book.
For me, I'm not looking to read a single book to emulate it fully. I'm looking to read 4 or 5 books, shape my overall perspective, then have 2 to 4 things stick very, very deeply. Lastly, I can always come back to a specific book when I loosely remember it being applicable.